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Plan A

2021 · 109 min

A somber, morally fraught thriller that weighs grief against vengeance, leaving you uneasy long after the credits.

Directed by
Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
Genres
Thriller, Drama, History
Starring
August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni
Tagline
The untold story of Jewish revenge.
Overview
Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They dream of retaliation on an epic scale for the Jewish people. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Max starts identifying with the group's monstrous plans...

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Directed by
Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
Genres
Thriller, Drama, History
Starring
August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • grief
  • justice
  • morality
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
thriller, drama, history
Directed by
Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
Written by
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Starring
August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni, Nikolai Kinski, Oz Zehavi, Barbara Bauer, Yoël Rozenkier, Ishai Golan
Cinematography
Moshe Mishali
Runtime
109 min
Country
Germany, Israel
Languages
German, English

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